Football Club Barcelona Basketball – Wikipedia

The Football Club Barcelona Basketball It is the basketball team of the Polisportiva company Futbol Club Barcelona. Founded in 1926, it is the oldest team of Liga ACB and the second for titles won after Real Madrid. Among the most prestigious basketball teams of Europe.

He disputes home meetings at Palau Blaugrana, who has a capacity of 8,500 spectators.

He had some difficulties for the beginning, since he did not win any trophy, but in the 1940s he established himself nationally, winning 6 editions of the Cup of the Generalissimo . At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s he had a period of flagship, even at a corporate level, so much so that he relegated the second division.

From the seventies he began the relaunch, he obtained several good placements in the Spanish championship and in the Korać Cup. Since the 1980s there were three decades rich in triumphs for the team, which won several titles of the ACB Liga and numerous European competitions. The successes culminated in the conquest of the Euroleague in 2003 and 2010, in 2003 he hit the triple Crown, also winning the Liga and the Cup. He is currently one of the most titled teams in Spain and Europe, being able to boast, among other trophies, 19 Spanish championships, 27 King’s cups, 2 Euroles and 2 Sporta Cups.

From the 1920s to the 1950s [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In 1926 the club’s basketball section was born. In 1927 he played the first official competition, participating in the fifth edition of the Catalan Basketball championship. In the 1930s the team did not win any title, and is far from the level of the strongest Catalan teams: the company Patrie, C.E. Europe, Laiety B.C. and the C.B. Atlético de Gracia. In the 1940s the team began to achieve the first good results. He wins six Cups of the Generalissimo (1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950) and is Vice -champion of Spain in 1942, consolidating himself as the best team in Catalonia.

The one from 1950 to 1959 is a decade poor in titles for Barcelona. The Aismalíbar de Montcada and the Joventut de Badalona become the best Catalan clubs. In the 1957 season the first Spanish Liga is played with the participation of six teams. FC Barcelona is second behind Real Madrid. In the 1958-1959 season, the first championship victory comes, fed by the one in the Copa of Generalísimo.

Sixties [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

It is the worst period for the team, which will not only win any title but will live the two most critical moments of its history. In 1961 President Enric Llaudet decided, incomprehensibly, to close the basketball section despite the following and liking of the fans. The following year, however, he reconsiders his decision, and the section is reconstituted.

In 1964 the Spanish Federation decided to reduce the teams participating in the first division from 14 to 8, condemning Barcelona to the second division. In 1965 the team ended the season at the top of the ranking, and returns to the top league. In the 1960s, Barcelona not only sees Real dominate at the state level but is overcome for results in Catalonia by four teams: the Aismalíbar de Montcada, the Joventut de Badalona, ​​the Picadero Jockey Club and the Green Green Sabadell.

Seventies: transition and growth [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The seventies are years of transition between the 60s and the glorious 80s. The team remains in the first division, increases its level and also improve section structures. In 1971 the Palau Blaugrana was inaugurated, considered at the time one of the best plants in Europe. Despite growth, Barcelona suffer from Real Madrid’s domain, but returns to be, together with the Joventut of Badalona, ​​the best Catalan partnership.

In the 1974-75 season he played his first European final, but loses the Korać Cup against Forst Cantù. He does not get any relief results until the 1977-78 season, when he wins the eighth Cup of Spain, renamed then the King’s Cup.

1980s: the most glorious decade [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The eighties are the best period of FC Barcelona. The president of the club, Josep Lluís Núñez, decides to strengthen the basketball section to the maximum and the team becomes the best of Spain and one of the first in Europe with the coach Aíto García Reneses and players such as EPI, Subbil, Norris and Solozábal.

In recent years, Barcelona dominated Spanish basketball conquering 6 Liga titles (1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990), 5 King Cups (1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988), 1 Prince of the Asturias Cup e 6 titles of Catalan Liga. He also wins his first international titles: two cup cups (1985 and 1986), a Korać Cup (1987) and a club world championship (1985). In 1989 and 1990, the team was invited to participate in the McDonald’s Open.

The only trophy that cannot win the champion cup, lost twice in the final: in 1984, against Banco di Roma. And in 1990, against the Yugoplastika Split. In 1984 Barcelona faced the final of the Champions Cup in the city of Geneva for the first time in its history. The initial quintet of the Azulgrana team, coached by Antoni Serra, was made up of Solozábal, Epi, Sibilio, De la Cruz and Marcellus Starks. In front was another debutant, the Banco di Roma. The first part saw the Catalans prevail and at the interval the Azulgrans were ahead of 14 points. It all changed unexpectedly in the second half: the Banco di Roma reassembled it disadvantaged thanks above all to the contribution of the American Larry Wright. The 31 points of the MVP of the final Juan Antonio San Epifanio were not enough to raise the cup, which was won by Rome. The defeat went down in history as The defeat of Geneva .

The nineties [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The team consolidates itself as one of the best in Europe. He wins 4 titles of Liga (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999), 2 King’s Cups (1991, 1994), 1 Korać Cup (1999) and 2 titles of Liga Catalan. Instead, he continues to escape the Champions Cup, which Barcelona cannot win despite playing three finals (1991, 1996 and 1997) and is the team that participates several times (6) in the “Final Four”.

2000s [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The 2000s start best for FC Barcelona. The Catalan team won three Liga titles (2001, 2003, 2004), three king cups (2001, 2003, 2007), and conquered the only trophy that was missing on the bulletin board, the Euroleague, in the final four Played at home in 2003. On October 5, 2006, in a meeting played at Palau Sant Jordi, he defeated the Philadelphia 76ers for 104-99, in fact becoming the second Fiba team, after Maccabi Tel Aviv, to beat a team of the NBA .

2000s [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In 2010 he regained the Euroleague, beating Olympiakos for 86-68 in the Paris final. On October 7 of the same year, beating the Los Angeles Lakers of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, he entered history as the first European team capable of beating the NBA champions.

From 2004 to 2007 the club was sponsored by the Winterthur Group, an Swiss insurance company with offices in Barcelona since 1910. In 2006 the Winterthur Group was acquired by the Axa group, leading to a change in the name of the club. In the 2008-09 season, the club’s sponsor became Regal (a division of Liberty Seguros, the Spanish branch of the American insurance company Liberty Mutual).
In 2015 the Lass Tyres sponsors the club.

• Sol de Baix Sports Complex (1926-1940).
• Les Corts Court (1940–71), located near the Les Cort football stadium.
• Palau Sant Jordi (1990–92), since 1992 used occasionally for some home games.
• Palau Blaugrana (1971–1990, 1992 -today).

Updated on 23 July 2022. ^[2]

Technical staff [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

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• Fifty years: Jaime Isal.
• Seventies: Eduardo Portela, Ranko Žeravica (1974-1976), Eduardo Kurski (1977-1979), Antoni Serra (1979-1985).
• Anni Ottanta: Manolo Flores (1985), Aíto Garcia Renees (1985-1990).
• Anni Novanta: Božidar Maljković (1990-1991), Manolo Flores (1991-1992), Aíto García Reneses (1992-1997 e 1998-2002), Manel Commission (1997), Joan Montes (1997-1998).
• Anni Duemila: Svetislav Pesić (2002-2004), Joan Montes (2004-2005), Manolo Flores (2005), Dusško Ivanović (2005-2008), Xavier Pascual (2008-2016), Giorgios Bartzok (2016-2017) Alonso (2017-2018), Svetislav Pesić (2018-2020), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2020-)

National titles [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1958-59, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002- 03, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2010, 2011-11-11, 2013-14, 2020-21

1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2019, 2019, 2021, 2022

1987, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015

1988

1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2009- 2009- ten

• Basketball Catalunya championship: 9

1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955

1947-48

European titles [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

2002-03, 2009-10

1984-85, 1985-86

1986-87, 1998-99

1986

International titles [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

1985

1989, 1990, 1997

• ( IN ) Official site . are fcbarcelona.com . URL consulted on July 19, 2007 (archived by URL Original April 6, 2007) .